RE: Splash screens and wallpaper

[Clayton]

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Hi, I missed a bunch of this thread, so I am sorry if I am repeating anyone else’s responses.   If it is Windows 2000, you can do this with Group Policies. With NT it is poledit.exe (although you may need to customize .adm files to create the default wallpaper setting, I can’t remember)   As far as the splash screen goes, iis it as simple as creating a logon banner. This can also be done on 2000 or NT with either of the policy editors. To give you an example, I have set one of our departments here to use a web page on their desktops (Active Desktop enabled) This is pulled off of one of my web servers. I use a logon banner so when folks log on, they have to click on OK before they can put a password in, and it is a place for warnings about appropriate system use etc.   Hope that helps.   Clayton Doige IT Manager MCSE, MCP + I Gameday International N.V.  Bound in a nutshell, King of infinite space... T: +5 999 736 0309 ext 4537 C: +5 999 563 1845 F: +5 999 733 1259 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Mier, Juan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 3:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Splash screens and wallpaper   A splash screen could be just some kind of .exe or .bat that runs at startup.  You'd have to find some kind of program that can do that though.   You said, "logon or boot."  You can change the boot screen.  Search the web for instructions on how.  It entails modifying ntoskrnl.exe though. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 1:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Splash screens and wallpaper not sure about the splash screen.  Wallpaper can done with policies.  -----Original Message----- From: Dan Munley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 1:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Splash screens and wallpaper   I have been asked to do two things. 1.      Present a splash screen that everyone will see for 5 or 10 seconds during the logon or boot. 2.      Change everyone's desktop wallpaper to some uniform graphic. I am looking for suggestions and would appreciate any help.  I have previously created mandatory wallpaper using the registry editor and logon scripts.  Thanks, Dan Munley http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm